Lockheed Martin [LMT] last week said it received a $156 million contract to provide the P-3 Aircraft Service Life Extension Program (ASLEP) for the Canadian Forces’ CP-140 aircraft fleet.
“Lockheed Martin Life Extension Kits will give the Canadian Forces an additional 15,000 flight hours of service life from their Auroras,” Ray Burick, Lockheed Martin vice president of P-3/S-3 programs, said. “The ASLEP solution leverages the knowledge and experience of Lockheed Martin as the original equipment manufacturer to support the P-3 and CP-140 aircraft.”
Under this contract, 10 Canadian CP-140 Aurora aircraft will receive Life Extension Kits consisting of all-new outer wings, center wing lower surface assemblies, horizontal stabilizers, wing and horizontal stabilizer leading edges, and various items to be installed on a conditional basis.
The kits will provide, on average, an additional 20-25 years of service life for the world’s Orion and Aurora fleets and will greatly reduce maintenance costs over the aircraft’s service life, the company said.
Canada becomes the fourth customer under the P-3 ASLEP program. Other customers include the Royal Norwegian Air Force and the U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Navy is under contract for 13 sets of new outer wings.
A proposal for the Taiwan P-3 fleet is also in works, Lockheed Martin added.